MINORITY PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

许多居住在美国/墨西哥边境沿着的Def人使用混合的 美国手语（ASL），墨西哥手语（MSL）和口语 英语或西班牙语沟通。这种语言的混合， 形式（称为“语言接触”）在 语言学的研究，因为它提供了线索，自然的可能性， 语言运用句法分析和社会语言学分析 技术，将解决以下问题：如何才能 美国/墨西哥沿着聋人社区的语言接触状况 边界描述？当前的代码转换模型（ 在口语或手语部分交替使用两种或多种语言） 造成这种情况的原因这种语言的含义是什么 聋人和听力正常人之间的沟通联系方式？这种类型的 工作将有助于解决西班牙裔聋人的沟通问题， 沿着边境的人们。例如，这些社会服务 个人使用（如口译服务，医疗服务， 教育等）会从详细的调查中受益 语言使用。同时，这一工作也将为语言学的研究增添新的内容 讨论语言的可能性和局限性。

Many Def people who live along the US/Mexico border use a mixture of American Sign Language (ASL), Mexican Sign Language (MSL), and spoken English or Spanish for communication. This blend of languages and modalities (referred to as 'language contact' is quite significant in the study of linguistics as it presents clues to the possibilities of natural language. By utilizing syntactic as well as sociolinguistic analyses techniques, the following questions will be addressed: How can the language contact situation of the Deaf community along the US/Mexico border be described? How do current models of codeswitching (the alternating use of two or more languages in a spoken or signed segment) account for this situation? What are the implications of this language contact for communication between Deaf and hearing people? This type of work will assist in addressing the communication issues of Hispanic Deaf people along the border. For example, social services that these individuals utilize (such as interpreting services, medical services, education, etc.) will benefit from a detailed investigation of this language use. Also, this work will add to the research in linguistics addressing the possibilities and limitations of language in general.